Help with Doe Fawn

Morton Whitetails · Dec 13, 2011

I need some advice on a doe fawn that I am having issues with. She is new fawn that we just purchased from another farm in mid November. Shortly after we brought her home, I noticed her breathing was very heavy and fast paced. My first thought was pneumonia... so I gave her a couple large doses of draxxin over a couple weeks, but her breathing is still rapid. This has been the warmest November in Ohio's history and it has also been very wet. It just started to get below freezing this past week, but it didn't look like she was taking to the cold weather very well... so I brought her in the barn. She is not a very big, so a dewormed her a couple times in case of parasites. She also gets plenty of probiotics. Any thoughts or suggestions?

pondflatwhitetails · Dec 13, 2011

i am not sure as to what it is. i am from southern indiana and have a fawn that has been doing the exact same thing. i have wormed and everything just like you have, and still no results. she is obviously smaller than my other fawns too. but she seems to get around alright.

Willows & Whitetails · Dec 13, 2011

Aren't there different types of pneumonia that Draxxin may not take care of? I think I'd try a different antibiotic. And a different wormer, just in case.

Whitetail Sanctuary · Dec 13, 2011

I would say it is a respitory problem. We have had good luck using Baytril and Penicillin and giving a follow up 3 days in a row.I think some problems are not always solved with a single treatment.

Morton Whitetails · Dec 14, 2011

Thanks for the replies! Wayne, I think I will try that combination. The thing that gets me is that she has rapid heavy breathing, but she is not raspy... like you would hear with pneumonia.

Ben, I hope you solve your situation as well.

Lanasvet · Dec 14, 2011

You don't always hear raspiness or gurgling in pneumonia. Some don't even cough, ever.

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